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Matthew McConaughey, right, winner of the award for best actor for his role in the "Dallas Buyers Club" poses with Jennifer Lawrence in the press room during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Fangirling: 'Alright, alright, alright'

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Matthew McConaughey has always been one of my favs. He is probably tied with Ben Affleck as my favorite actor. (Fun Fact: They were in the same movie together twice: “Dazed and Confused” and Matthew was an extra on one of Ben’s early movies, “Glory Daze.”)

Funny enough, I became a fan of Matthew McConaughey long before I knew who he was. He appeared in a Trisha Yearwood video for “Walkaway Joe”. It was really his first claim to fame before “Dazed and Confused”.

So on Sunday, when Matthew won Best Actor for his role in “Dallas Buyers Club”, I cried tears of joy.

And he said ‘alright, alright, alright’ and ‘just keep livin’’ like his character in “Dazed and Confused.”

It seemed like for years that nobody took Matthew seriously. I tend to like people who people don’t take seriously (ie: Backstreet Boys). He was in “Dazed and Confused” with his signature line: “Alright, alright, alright.” He got a little notoriety with “A Time to Kill”, but then it was back to films like “EdTV” and chick flicks like “The Wedding Planner” or “Failure to Launch”.

Don’t get me wrong, “The Wedding Planner” is one of my favorite movies, but finally with “Dallas Buyers Club” he got that attention.

I’m typically the kind of girl that likes comedies or chick flicks, but “Dallas Buyers Club” was by far one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. Matthew was amazing in it. He became that character. He became that man that was dying of AIDS. The whole cast was amazing and that was proven when Jared Leto won Best Supporting Actor.

Plus Brad Pitt won for being a producer on “12 Years a Slave”.

So while the Grammy Awards totally let me down this year, the Oscars didn’t. The Oscars made me happy.

CRUISES AND FRIENDS

As you can see with the celebrity cruise story on the front, it’s the new thing to do for those who enjoy various fandoms whether it’s a boy band like me or a chef like Paula Deen or even the Boston Red Sox.

I was hesitant when I went on my first Backstreet Boys cruise in 2011. No one that I had actually met in person was going to be on the boat, just people I had talked to online. But now? Those people are some of my best friends and I’m rooming with three of them in October on the 2014 cruise. So I’m fangirling about the cruise this week because it’s all coming together. We’re planning out hotels and flight details for Miami.

Sure, the Backstreet Boys (or whatever celebrity/fandom cruise you’re going on) are there, but it’s more about being with your friends.

And I won’t lie ... the Duck Commander cruise sounds interesting.

RANDOM TV SHOW TALK

“How I Met Your Mother” SPOILER: Does anybody else think that the reason that Ted has been telling his kids all of these stories about how he met their mother is because ... she’s dead? That’s the feeling I got from Monday night’s episode. There was talk last year that this was possible, but ... that will end up to be disappointing if we’ve invested nine years into a show only to find out that she dies.

“Scandal”: I called it. I knew that the guy that Fitz wanted to be the new vice president had a history with the First Lady. But I also keep waiting for them to write Kerry Washington’s pregnancy into the show. But I don’t think they are.

Follow Karah-Leigh on Twitter at @KHancockABH where she’s counting down the days until she leaves for Miami. By the way, it’s 231 days.

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